18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
they mean. they believe you don t need that many people to have a successful coup or uprising or revolution in the united states. that s the whole point of this for groups like the oath keepers, and three percenters and the qanon people. they are not interested in majority rule. they are interested in fighting. they want desperately to fight a ground war in the united states to keep their guy in power, and that s where this is all headed, and i think that s, you know, sounding the alarm today is very important. ben collins, thank you for your reporting on all this. i m really grateful that you do it and that you take the time to come and talk to us about it. alexi, matt and cornell stick around. when we come back, matthew has compiled a list of the top candidates who pose the most danger to our constitutional democracy. we ll go through all of them. they re some of the biggest election deniers who spread some of the most insidious conspiracy theories, and alarmingly, they also have a